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Ideastream.org By David C. Barnette Posted January 4th 2019 TONY SILAS PRESIDENT AND CEO KARAMU HOUSE After several years of economic woes, Cleveland’s historic Karamu House got some good news this week. The century-old theater and cultural center landed a $1.5 million gift from the George Gund Foundation. Karamu CEO Tony Sias was shocked when he [...]

Ideastream.org By Andy Chow Posted December 28th 2018 With less than a month before he takes office, Gov.-elect Mike DeWine spoke to the leaders of the state’s 88 counties – who plan to pressure him for more funding in the upcoming budget process. Counties say state cuts have cost them $351 million for each [...]

Yahoo.com By Michelangelo Signorile, Huff Post Posted December 27th 2018 (PHOTO: SENATE MINORITY LEADER CHUCK SCHUMER D-NEW YORK) President Donald Trump is trapped in a way we’ve not yet witnessed. It’s so bad that he appears to believe he has little to lose in keeping the government partially shut down indefinitely over money for [...]

Ideastream.org By Andy Chow Posted December 21st 2018 (PHOTO: OHIO REPRESENTATIVE MICHELE LEPORE HAGAN D-D-58) OHIO REPRESENTATIVES ASSEMBLY The Ohio House and Senate worked to pass a pay raise for themselves and other state and local government officials before the end of the year by attaching the measure to a bill, SB296, that would [...]

Associated Press By Richard Lardson Posted December 19th 2018 MARY T BARRA CEO GENERAL MOTORS General Motors is fighting to retain a valuable tax credit for electric vehicles as the nation’s largest automaker contends with the political fallout triggered by its plans to shutter several U.S. factories and shed thousands of workers. Preserving the [...]

AFP.com By Carlos Hamann, AFP Posted December 18th 2018 US DISTRICT JUDGE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS REED O’CONNOR A federal judge in Texas ruled late Friday that the US health care law known as Obamacare is unconstitutional — a ruling that opposition Democrats vowed to appeal. US District Judge Reed O’Connor’s 55-page ruling came [...]

Yahoo.com By Sarah Ruiz-Grossman, HuffPost Posted December 6th 2018 Attorneys for Pharrell Williams sent President Donald Trump a “cease and desist” letter denouncing the use of the artist’s song “Happy” at an event Trump headlined mere hours after the deadly mass shooting at a Pittsburgh synagogue. “On the day of the mass murder of [...]

TechCrunch.com By Megan Rose Dickey Posted December 3rd 2018 GOD-IS RIVERA Twitter has brought on its first-ever global director of culture and community, God-is Rivera. As global director of culture and community, Rivera will report to Global Head of Culture, Engagement and Experiential Nola Weinstein. Rivera previously led internal diversity and inclusion efforts at VMLY&R, a [...]

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Yahoo.com By Jennifer Bendery, HuffPost Posted February 21st 2019 (PHOTO: SENIOR SENATOR SUSAN COLLINS R-MAINE) Progressive advocacy groups are furious about Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh voting to let an anti-abortion law take effect in Louisiana. But they are directing their ire at another person too: Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine). Collins, who is up [...]